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UNITE-D5 STATES P TENT OFFICE.-

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Application am Ma 's, 1am. 3.1m] No. 231,219.. w an.

,Tojtll whom it may concern.- v 1 e, is held in the 'pipe'E, where the said pipe Be it knownthat we, .HARRIsoN BAYER, of intersects with the bell of thesectionA,which. Brooklyn, int-he county of Kings and State of spider is provided with .a central'outwardly- New York, and- JOHN WEEKB, ofthe city, extending tabular projection, e, as shown in 5-county', and-State otPNew York, have invented Fig.1. i a new and useful-Improvementin Oonplings, The section A of the coupling is i-nteriorl'yof which the following isa full, clear, and exthreaded in the rearand provided with spider act description.

Our invention relates-to an improved conpder an open hearing, I), is formed, adapted to 1o ling, and has for its object to provide a tho'r support. one end of a'spiral spring, 0.- The inpnghly effective connection for steain, gas, or her or rear end of the section 'A is united to water; pipes,' and one not alfected by expanthe pipe by means of an intcriorly and exsion or contraction, and wherein,when used as teriorly threaded ring, bf, which ring, together 65 p a hose or similar coupling, the supply will be with the ring e in section A, may" be screwed ,r automatically cut off from one section of pipe in or out by an ordinary keyadapted to fit in i while the other section is disconnected thereslots cut intheedges of said rings, as shown. 7 from." 7 The outer-diameter ofthe section Aisslightly The invention consists in'the construction greater than the interior diameter proper of 0' and combination of the several parts, as" will the section A. The outer end, A', of said secbe hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out tion A" is reduced to mentor diameternearly in the claims. equal to the inner diameter of the ring 0 and Reference is to be had to the accompanying V -pac'king 11, forming thereby an annu ar drawings, forming a part of, this specification, shoulder,- f, adapted to engage the outer edge 75 l. in which similar letters of reference indicate of the said ring 6 and a portion of the bell of corresponding parts in all the figures. said section A.

Figurel is-acentral'verticalsection throngh' Ill 81igl1ll18l lli with the shoulder f upon the a coupling adaptedto unitea hose'or lead pipe bodyofsection Aa'n integral ring, D, is formed, with iron pipe, and Fig. 2 is a-central'vertical hav ng aligning and opposing slots f',adapted '8 1 section throug'brtwoiron pipes coupled. Fig. to receive the projections b of the armed. The

v 3 is aside elevation of the cou'plingshown in shoulder formed upon the inner surface by Fig. 1, and; Fig.4 is atrans'versc se'ctionalview the reduction of'the section A 'is cut away partially'npon line a: aof Fig..1. Fig. 5 is an upon an incline to form a seat, m,"fora va ve,

B, screwed therein, in the center of which spido end view of Fig. Llooking from right to left; D'.- The rear face of the .valve D has a bear. 85

In carrying out the invention the sectionA ing upon the spring 0, and the said valve is 35 is provided with an annular exterior flange, guided by means. of three or more wings, a, having opposing and. aligning outwardlyhavinga bearing against the inner reduced projecting and integral arms a, which arms surface of the section A. are'provided with short inwardly-bent right' In ..operation,.whe*-1 the two sections are angular projectionsb,'the faces of said projec: bronghtfltogether, the projections b are entered o tions being in substantially the same horizonin theslotsf' and theseetion A turned-where'- tal plane with the exterior of the section 'upon the said projections, traveling in contact proper A. An annular V-shaped packing, at, with the ring D, lock the two sections together,- of metal or other suitable material,"1s made to and the tubular projections, striking the encircle the inner surface of the section A near "Wing s ffies h d i Valve beck; I 5 itsouter end, the inner member, 01, of which allowing free flow oithe water. Itis obvious If packing is shorter than theonter member, d, that when the sections .are disconnected the forareason herein'afler stated. Thepacking valve D' will automatically seattselfand out d is retained in position by an externallyofi' thc'flow. too

1 threaded-ring, e, engaging the threaded inte- In Fig. 2 a coupling oftwo iron, pipes is 1 5o rior surface of the section A'and adapted to sho'wn.-' The section A, which is'screwed upon [extend (from the of said packing fl the pipe E, is providedwithan interior thread with the inner end of said section. Aspi'ler, at the end, and also with an interior yi The section A,'which'is' smaller in diameter than the section A, is screwed upon the pipe Ojaml' rovided near its outer edge with an externa annular projection, M, of a height sufficient to substantially engage the inner surface of the section A, when the two sections are united. The V-shaped packing is adapted to engage the outer side of the projection M. To couple the coupling,a ring, M, adapted to slide upon the section A, is screwed into the end of the section A; The pipes may now expand and contract without injury to the coupling. as the water or other substance pass- :ing through will enter the V of the packing and expand the same.

By reason of the short member of the V- packing the steam or water has a more efi'ective bearing upon the same.

Having thus described our lnvention, what we claim asnew, and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, isp Y Y 1. In acoupling, the combination, with the section A, provided with the spider e, having the central projection, e, of the section A, secured to the section A and provided with the spider B, the valve D, and the spring Q, seated tion A, provided with the flange a, having the 4 angular arms a b, the section A, havingan inner reducedend, A, and shoulder f, and provided with the ring D, having the slots f,

the ring e, screwed into the section A',between the two sections and adjacent in the shoulder of the section A, and the packing d between the said sections and adjacent to the rings,

substantially as herein shown and described..

3. The combination, with the section A, havingvthe exterior projection a, angular arms a b,

V-shaped packing d, and ring e, of the section A, adapted to enter said section A, provided with'the slotted ring Dy, and receive the angular arms a, and a winged valve, D, held in said section A, adapted to be automatically operated .by the opposing section substantially as shown and described.

' HARRISON TRAVER. JOHN WEEKS. Witnesses: GEO. DILLON,

A G. HAMBLEY. 

